Author : Jennifer A. Nielsen
So I got this book a long time ago, certainly it has been
few weeks passed by before I actually read this book. The main reasons is
because it’s cover that not appetizing at all. It so simple, by having blue in
the background and there was a broken yellow crown as the main object. I just
happen to stumble upon it and decided to take a look inside. When I read the
first few page, I begin to be fascinated. You will find a boy whom being chased
by a mad butcher because he stole a roasted chicken which taken again from him.
So actually he got nothing at all. After that event he got ‘kidnapped’ by a
noble whom trying to seize the throne by installing this particular boy to be
his crown prince and finally this noble will be his regent.
That was an impossible plan from the start, but as the page
goes by, it starts to make sense. This boy (and in fact there was few more
boys) start their learning to be a suitable fake prince in just two weeks. They
were taught about swordsmanship, education, and manner. The ‘real’ prince is
dead in the matter of speaking. He is being sent to study abroad by his father,
the king. But when his ship is attacked by the pirate, all of the member of the
crew is killed in place. The search for the prince body is fruitless.
Back in time, although the news haven’t spread, the king is
actually dead at the moment, and so is the crown prince, the first prince, and
the queen. So come this crazy plan to fake the second prince, which was assumed
as being dead.
As the story go on until finish. This was a good book that
make you want to know what happen next. But it’s not the first book I read
having that twist, actually I would recommended to you to having The Thief by
Megan Whalen Turner. Maybe sometime I would write it down here. Because I read
The Thief a long time ago, and I have forgot what’s in the detail and what was
my feeling when I read it.
So good day. Have a nice weekend.
Note : recently (just a few hours ago) I have read the
sequel of this book called the Runaway King. I will cover it later >.<
